LOT 3303
Crusaders. Bohémond III or IV BI Denier. 1163-1232.
Antioch (Principality) mint. ✠ BOAͶVͶDVS, helmetted head to left, between crescent and star / ✠ AͶTIOCIͶA, cross pattée, crescent in second angle. Metcalf, Crusades, -; CCS -. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished reverse legend.(1.04gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Hungary, Kingdom. Béla III AE Scyphate Rézpénz. 1172-1196.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
SANCTA MARIA, the Virgin seated facing, holding sceptre and infant Christ; crosses across upper fields / R-X BЄLA R-X STS, Bela III and Steven III enthroned facing, each holding sceptre and globus cruciger; at bottom, III within border. Unger 114; Huszar 72; CNH 98-100. 2.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Italy, Apulia (Duchy). Rugerro Borsa AE Follaro. 1085-1111.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Salerno mint. Nimbate and draped bust of Saint Matthew facing and holding gospel; S ᙏ across fields / ROGE-RIVS DVX in three lines; star(?) above. MEC 14, 104; MIR 555. Biaggi 2268 (doppio follaro). 7.23gr, 32mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd, Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 717 (seller's ticket included). -
Crusader, Bohémond VI AR Gros. 1251-1275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Tripoli (County) mint. ✠ BOЄMVNDVS COMЄS, cross pattée within angled polylobe; pellet at each angle / ✠ CIVITAS TRIPOLI, eight-rayed star within polylobe; pellet at each angle, Iis with pellets attached. CCS 22; Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 492-3. 2.95gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
